TY - JOUR AU - Alexandrova, Alexandra AU - Dimitrov, Marius AU - Vassilev, Kiril AU - Sopotlieva, Desislava AU - Pedashenko, Hristo AU - Tashev, Alexander PY - 2020/04/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Forest vegetation diversity of Slivenska Mountain (eastern Stara planina, Bulgaria) JF - Hacquetia JA - Hacquetia VL - 19 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/hacquetia/article/view/7974 SP - 233–258 AB - <p>This study deals with the diversity of forest vegetation in the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina) and presents a contemporary classification scheme for the identified syntaxa. A total of 137 relevés were collected and analyzed using specialized software (JUICE 7.0 and PC-ORD Version 4). As a result, forest vegetation is classified into 10 associations, 3 subassociations, 4 variants and 5 communities They belong to 7 alliances, 5 orders and 3 classes: <em>Carpino-Fagetea sylvaticae,</em> <em>Quercetea pubescentis</em> and <em>Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae</em>. The recorded 18 distinguished vegetation groups show a relatively high diversity of forest plant communities of the study area.</p> ER -